My keeper deadline is in 5 days and there is still no clear indication of wether Kovy is coming back. Am I freaking out for no reason?

I need to pick my 6 keepers and I was pretty sure. Any thoughts?

League and Team details are in my signature.

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10 Team NHL Keeper League (Keep 6)
Points only (F/D 1pt/G 1pt/A, Goalie 2pt/W 3pt/SO)
Starters: 12 Forwards, 6 Defense, 2 Goalie
(82 game cap at each position)
Bench: 3 Any Position
No IR

F- Giroux, Backstrom, Tavares, Kovalchuk, Getzlaf, Benn, Iginla, M.Koivu, Hartnell, Carter, Cammalleri, Callahan

D- Byfuglien, Green, Boyle, Goligoski, Visnovsky, Wizniewski

G- Rask, Elliott

BN- Brodeur, Saad, Beauchemin

Picks - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17

***2012-2013 League Champion***
***2011-2012 Runner Up***
***2010-2011 League Champion***

i wouldnt worry he is coming back

Kovy will be back. Too much money on the line plus I believe the IIHF won't let him play in the Olympics next year in Russia if he doesn't play his contract with the Devils.

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12 teams limited keeper (keep 6 + 1 Rookie)
Weekly H2H points only
13 round draft - Unlimited Trades - No Waivers
4 Team Playoffs (last 2 reg. season weeks)
Year 6 (2012-13)

Start : C RW LW Utility D D G
Points are : A - G = 1 pt W = 2 pts SO = 1pt

C - S.Stamkos, L.Couture, M.Granlund, D.Stepan, T.Ennis
LW - L.Eriksson, J.Frazen
RW - T.Purcell, B.Wheeler, K.Versteeg, J.Silfverberg
D- E.Karlsson, J.Johnson, A.Markov, S.Elliot, J.Spurgeon, JM.Liles, N.Leddy
G - A.Niemi, C.Anderson, J.Harding, S.Varlamov

Year 5 Playoff Champ
Year 6 Playoff Champ

Yeah he's a game hog he is just getting all the game action he can. But seriously he would have to forfeit his NHL contract and all that money. Not happening

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12 team H2H Keeper League
g/a/+-/PIM/PPP/SHP/SOG/W/GAA/SV%/SHO
play 4c/4lw/4rw/6d/2g (2min start)
Center: Datsyuk, Getzlaf, Marleau, Ribiero, Brian Boyle
RW: Hossa, Horton, Downie, Franzen, vrbata, Cole
LW: Kovalchuk, D.Sedin, Semin, Fleischmann,
Defense : Enstrom, E.Johnson, Goligoski, Wisniewski, Hamilton
Goalies: Lundqvist, Brodeur, S.Mason, Garon

Farm noteables: Niederreiter, Avtsyn, Greiss, Frazee, Kinkaid

I think he'll be back.

But I would also wager we're being a bit small-minded if we think staying in the KHL isn't an option for guys like Kovalchuk. We can cite $80m left on his NHL deal, but he probably would make more, tax-free, in Russia...and it's his home country.

He's been in the NHL for nearly a decade and barely seen any playoff hockey other than this past season, he's stuck with a team that has a foggy future, with a contract that means he's really unlikely to be traded, with a team that won't buy him out because it's basically bankrupt anyways.

Russia would probably be a decent option for Kovalchuk, especially if he's thinking "been there, done that" even a bit about the NHL.

The likely kicker would be concerns about missing the 2014 Olympics. To me, that's the big carrot for Russian players.

I wouldn't be worried. I would be shocked if Kovalchuk didn't come back, absolutely shocked.

this is why he will be back.

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10 team Keeper Roto League
4C-4LW-4RW-6D-2G-5bench-unlimited farm.

C= crosby,m.koivu,malkin,zajak,grabovski,j.jokinen,
LW= ovechkin,nash,s.gagner,dubinsky
RW= downie,hemsky,callahan,voracek,perry,mueller
D= green,doughty,phaneuf,wisniewski,girardi,karlsson
G= rask,lundqvist,ward,price

FARM=kreider,grachev,petrov,enroth,kuznetsov,ennis ,rundblad,bjugstad,radulov,montoya, adam,t.erixon,cowan,s.elliot,j.faulk,cormier,petro v,orlov,stone,eakin,grigorenko,silfverberg,brodin, atkinson

--G,A,P,PPP,SHP,GWG,PIMS,+/-,SOG,hits,FOW,blocks-Wins,GAA,SV%,saves,SO

Take one look at his wife and realize he is justifiably ***** whipped and his wife is where she wants to be. Act accordingly.

So you don't protect him and he returns - how many years before you outlive the goat tag? You don't protect him and he doesn't return - how many years do you glow with the maestro tag? (trust me - it will soon be forgotten) You do protect him and he does return - it works. You do protect him and he doesn't return - you get lots of sympathy for a while. Pick your poison - I think he will be back.

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Yahoo weekly starts 12 team league, keep 17 plus farm

GS, W, L, SV, GAA, SV%, SO G, A, P, +/-, PIM, SOG, GWG, PPP, SHP, HITS, FOW

3C: H. Sedin,Stepan, Stastny, R. Johansen, Hanzal, Anisimov,
3LW: Burrows, Vanek, Ott, Lupul, Dubinsky
3RW: Doan, Pavelski, Brown, Okposo,
6D: Franson, Doughty, Voynov, Subban, Markov, Gonchar, Karlsson
1Util:
2G: Price, Emery


Farm: (< 100 games): S. Elliott, J. Bernier, Galchenyuk, Etem, Eakin, Atkinson